Revealing she felt very tired this morning, Ms Barker said she was “shaken up” after the incident, and did not “expect that kind of reaction”.

“I was expecting a conversation, a dialogue with people. But I certainly didn’t expect that. But I’m fine,” she added.

Quizzed on whether she accepts the actions of the demonstrators might have caused alarm, she said their message and peaceful intent was clear – something she reiterated as she was physically forced from the room.

“There was over 300 people in that room at the time and there was only one that reacted in that way,” she said.

“We had that message, we had the climate emergency, and I think it was quite obvious that we were there for that reason – for a peaceful protest and we weren’t armed.

“I was armed with peer reviewed science – the message that we were giving out. That’s all I was armed with.”